2012

Most of the time, the Department of Transportation is in the news for their attempts to end distracted driving or provide educational material to states looking to improve highway safety in their area.  But we can sometimes forget the important role the organization plays when storms like Hurricane Sandy wreak havoc on our nation’s roadways…. read more

The Missouri Department of Transportation and the Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety are attempting to bring awareness to pedestrian safety.  With school starting up, the DOT wants people in Ozark to know that they have changed school hours to ease traffic.  Even still, drivers are cautioned to keep an eye out for children even on… read more

With school set to start, the Texas Department of Transportation is taking the opportunity to spread safety along the roads through their “Drive Friendly, Drive Safe” campaign.  With 415 pedestrians dying throughout the state last year alone, drivers are urged to be on the lookout for walkers and bicyclists alike.  The DOT says the best… read more

The North Carolina Department of Transportation has shown that their state’s Polk County experienced 44 tractor trailer accidents so far this year, most of them along Interstate 26.  According to AAA Carolinas, this makes the area one of the top five most dangerous counties in the state.  A safety planning engineer says that large amounts… read more

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has a survey available on their website for locals to report on their driving habits.  The hope from the department is that the responses can help improve their efforts to increase safety along the highway.  3,500 people answered the questions posed by the DOT last year, and those questions revolved… read more

They’re mandatory in airplanes, but very soon, the device known as a black box might soon be required to be installed in motor vehicles as well. The new transportation bill that was just approved by the United States Senate has a clause that makes these event recorders mandatory on all vehicles of the 2015 model… read more

The Federal Highway Administration recently announced the elimination of 46 federal regulations regarding the installation and upkeep of traffic signs in an effort to reduce the cost of highway maintenance at the local level and allow regional traffic safety officials more flexibility for determining their own street sign maintenance schedules as required by their individual… read more

 In Pennsylvania, a bill recently signed into law by the state’s governor will require motorists to take extra steps to prevent colliding with bicycles. Drivers will be required to yield the right of way to any oncoming bicycle keep at least four feet of distance between their vehicles and bicyclists. The bill will also allow… read more

In an attempt to address the increasing number of cars equipped with online connectivity devices allowing drivers to check social networking sites and view web pages in their cars, the U.S. Department of Transportation has released a set of suggested guidelines for auto manufacturers. The guidelines proposed request that car makers voluntarily limit the dictation… read more

J.R. Simplot Company of Boise, Idaho, is facing a $207,200 civil penalty from the Federal Aviation Administration for violating the Hazardous Materials Regulations imposed by the Department of Transportation, according to news sources. Allegedly, Simplot, a company that processes food and agriculture, had a non-standard fiberboard box with a five-gallon jug of bactericide and fungicide… read more

In a news release Thursday, the Network of Employers for Traffic Safety announced that the non-for-profit safety group in partnership with the U.S. Department of Transportation is offering a free toolkit to help combat distracted driving among employees, employee families, and the communities in which the company operates. The 2011 Drive Safely Work Week toolkit… read more